Is SATA II supported in 6.2-stable?

[ian j hart]

On Wednesday 07 March 2007 21:45, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:26:40PM +0000, ian j hart wrote:
> > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 11:06, Artem Kuchin wrote:
> > > Mar  6 14:00:09 aaa kernel: ad8: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAE>
> > > at ata4-master SATA150 Mar  6 14:00:09 aaa kernel: ad10: 305245MB
> > > <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAE> at ata5-master SATA150
> >
> > IIRC those drives ship jumpered down to SATA150. Worth checking.
>
> That's correct.  There's an incredibly tiny jumper on the jumper
> block which limits the transfer speed to 1.5gbit/sec (SATA150).
> Remove the jumper and you've got SATA300.
>
> The official product manual for this drive:
>
> http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/Desktop/Barracuda%207200.10/100
>402371e.pdf

1. You might want to save the jumper. If you ever put the drive on a SATA150 
controller, you'll need it.

2. Be gentle it's easy to damage the plastic surrounding the jumper (been 
there, done that). I'm not sure how fussy Seagate are, but "case damage" may 
invalidate your warranty.

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ian j hart